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Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810

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Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810 —Blackmouth catshark

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810 by George & Athanassiou (1966a: 6–7); subsequently recorded as Galeus melastomus Rafinesque by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Galeus melastomus Rafinesque 1810 by Mouneimné (2002: 49); recently recorded as Galeus melastomus by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (24 April 2010) and Sarafand (8 February 2018). Material in collection: AUBM.

Distribution. Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, eastern North Atlantic: Faroe Islands and Norway to Senegal.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 1 October 2003); Med. (LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action.

Notes

Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6FF88FFDAFF2EFBDEFC5AFA08

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3983887 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/9216FFAEFF82FFD1FFB9FFD4FFF1FB17 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/6E2F87D6FF88FFDAFF2EFBDEFC5AFA08 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/167366842 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/21109/taxon/6E2F87D6FF88FFDAFF2EFBDEFC5AFA08.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
LC
Event date
2003-10-01
Family
Scyliorhinidae
Genus
Galeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Rafinesque
Species
melastomus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2003-10-01/2016-03-25
Taxonomic concept label
Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 sec. Bariche & Fricke, 2020

References

  • George, C. J. & Athanassiou, V. (1966 a) Additions to the check list of the fishes of the coastal waters of Lebanon. Miscellaneous Papers on Natural Sciences, American University of Beirut, 5, 6 - 8.
  • Mouneimne, N. (1977) Liste des poissons de la cote du Liban (Mediterranee orientale). Cybium, 3 (1), 37 - 66.
  • Mouneimne, N. (2002) Poissons marins du Liban et de la Mediterranee orientale. INCAM-EU / CNRS Lebanon, Beyrouth, 271 pp.
  • Lteif, M. (2015) Biology, distribution and diversity of cartilaginous fish species along the Lebanese coast, eastern Mediterranean. Ecology, environment. Universite de Perpignan, English, 262 pp. [NNT: 2015 PERP 0026]